Hershey Declares Quarterly Dividends

HERSHEY, Pa., Oct. 06, 2017 -- The Board of Directors of The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) today announced quarterly dividends of $0.656 on the Common Stock and $0.596 on the Class B Common Stock. The dividends were declared on October 5, 2017 and are payable December 15, 2017 to stockholders of record November 22, 2017. It is the 352^nd consecutive regular dividend on the Common Stock and the 133^rd consecutive regular dividend on the Class B Common Stock.

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